BasiliX Webmail subject and message headers allow cross-site scripting
| basilix-webmail-headers-xss (9384) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
BasiliX is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. A vulnerability regarding the lack of filtering for HTML tags in BasiliX Webmail could allow a remote attacker to embed malicious JavaScript code in the subject or message fields, which would be executed on the system once the message is viewed.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jun 18 2002 - 18:37:42 CDT: BasiliX multiple vulnerabilities.
- BID-5060: BasiliX Webmail Message Content Script Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1708: Cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) in BasiliX Webmail 1.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users by injecting script into the (1) subject or (2) message fields.
Platforms Affected:
- Murat Arslan BasiliX Webmail 1.1.0 and prior
Reported:
Jun 18, 2002
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